Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita ...

Mavis Staples is known as many things: soul hitmaker, civil rights trailblazer, 21st-century torchbearer of American gospel music, roots music luminary, world-class entertainer, and singular lead ...

Mavis Staples shared a new single inspired by fellow icon and collaborator, Prince. “Worthy” saw Mavis working with Mark Ronson protégé MNDR and arrived today through ANTI- Records. Prince and Mavis ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — The Ark has announced the music lineup for the 50th Ann Arbor Folk Festival scheduled for Jan. 29-30 at the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium. Actor and musician Jeff Daniels ...

Bob Dylan has sparred with champion boxers and has his own gym, but that does little to impress Mavis Staples. She and Dylan used to date — he even wanted to marry her — and they toured together in ...

Mavis Staples is a legendary singer who will be one of many taking the stage during Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince on April 21. The concert, which was filmed back in January, will honor ...

Gospel/soul great Mavis Staples will release her 14th solo studio album, Sad and Beautiful World, on November 7. The 10-track collection features updated versions of tunes spanning “seven decades of ...

In the early 1960s, the famed Chicago-based gospel outfit the Staples Singers were on tour when they went to see Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preach. Afterward, back at their hotel, guitarist and ...

Hear songs from Angélique Kidjo, Mavis Staples, Sharp Pins and more. By Lindsay Zoladz In need of good times that don’t cost a dime? You’re in luck: As the weather heats up, the opportunities to have ...

Staples began singing with her family as a teenager. The Staple Singers started out in gospel, but moved over to pop, eventually playing the '69 Harlem Cultural Festival. Originally broadcast in 1989.

The folk tradition is defined by the socially conscious nature of the music. In the 60s, pop music drove the culture and music with a message provoked a conversation in an effort to beget change. Punk ...